1966 The Year I was Born

I was born at home in the outskirts of Lisbon in September of 1966. Both my mother and my father worked , which was not very common. Women were usually housewives at that time.

POLITICS

Time’s Man of The Year 1966 was a generation: the man (and woman) of 25 and under:

« (…) never have the young been so assertive or so articulate, so well educated or so worldly»

Time Magazine, Friday, Jan. 06, 1967

Mrs Indira Ghandi, the world’s only woman head of state, was sworn in as Prime Minister. The West was fascinated by Mao Tsé-Tung. Portugal and Spain lived in dictatorship. The Portuguese Colonial War went on and in the USA the Vietnam War was the year’s biggest story.

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, MAN’S ACHIVEMENTS

The Russians became the first nation to land a spacecraft intact on the moon. ‘25 de Abril Bridge’, over the river Tagus, was inaugurated on August 6, 1966.

SPORT, ENTERTAINMENT AND THE ARTS

Eusébio was considered one of the best footballers of all times. Portugal reached the third place at 1966 world cup.

In music, Ike and Tina Turner were number 1 in the USA with ‘River Deep Mountain High’; Frank Sinatra won a Grammy with ‘Strangers in the Night’. 1963 to 1966 were ‘Beatlemania’ years.

In the film industry, ‘Doctor Jivago’ lived its glory days; ‘Star Treck’, a classic science fiction television series, debuted its first episode and ‘A Man for all Seasons’ won the 1966 Oscar for Best Picture.

Shmul Yosel Agnon, from Israel, and Nelly Sachs, from Sweden, won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

What about you? What year were you born? Do you know what was going on then?

Why don't you join me in writing a text about the year you were born?

Together we may achieve a sort of 20th century history review.

These are some sites where you can get information about what was going on the year you were born.

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (XXXX year)

http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa050400a.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates
http://www.songyear.com/
The oscars xxxx